How to Fix a Drug Scandal

Name: How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2020
Rating: 68.375
Cast: Luke Ryan, Shannon O'Neill, Scott Allen, Shawn Musgrave, Paul Solotaroff

2020·TV Show

4Episodes in1Season

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About

The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.

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Genres: Biographical Documentary
Mood: InformativeThought-ProvokingUneasyDisturbingInvestigative
Themes: JusticeAbuse Of PowerAddictionLegal SystemMoral Corruption
Plot: Falsified EvidenceWhistleblowerDrug TestingSystemic CorruptionCover-UpWrongful Convictions
Pacing: ModerateControlled
Narrative: Episodic StructureReal-Time Narrative
Dialog: Informative MonologuesInvestigative Interviews
Character Types: Addict
Time: Present Day
Place: CourtroomForensic Laboratory
Cinematic Style: Documentary StyleSurveillance FootageInterview Footage
Costume and Set: Professional AttireLaboratory Setting

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Crew

Directed by:

Erin Lee Carr

Produced by:

Alex Gibney, Erin Lee Carr

Cast

Shannon O'Neill

Sonja Farak

Karl Kenzler

Lawyer

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